FLOTUS speech written at a 12th grade level

politico44 ^ | 9/5/12 | BYRON TAU

[MNGal]

It makes one wonder just WHO Michelle/the dems were trying to reach with her message. Speaking at this grade level surely didn’t resonate with those having less education. Most likely, these folks tuned out (either mentally, physically, or both...) and apparently Michelle didn’t care if they did.

[Delhi Rebels]

That's in contrast with Ann Romney's speech last week at the Republican convention, which measured at a 5th grade level.

So the only purpose behind this pointless study was to portray Mrs. Romney as being dumber than Mrs. Obama?

[MrB]

They must not have been too worried about losing their base.

[rockrr]

So run-on sentences are the mark of a superior speech? Whooda thunkit?! ;-)

[SueRae]

About the same level as her college thesis.

Who ARE thes people grading these things? Is it any wonder our educations system is screwed up?

[paudio]

I was told in my college-level writing class that to be readable to nonspecialists, my paper should be written at about 5th or 6th grade level.

[SueRae]

Thank you thank you thank you for putting it into perspective.

Obviously content is not important to these people, just like the teacher redlining punctuation without evaluating the merits of the words themselves.

Well done!!

[DrC]

“It makes one wonder just WHO Michelle/the dems were trying to reach with her message.”

My sentiments exactly. If it truly weighed in at a 12th level, I’m very encouraged: it means 75% of the Dems base didn’t understand it! :-)

[ReleaseTheHounds]

I tried to listen to the speeches last night. The repetition about drove me nuts. It was like they knew they were talking to idiots and had to repeat what they saw as important lines over and over.

Your comment brings to mind one of my favorite HL Mencken quotes: "The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." I would say that defines Obama and most Democrats perfectly. I used to use it as a tagline...

[Boogieman]

I thought he meant “Graf” as in Graf Zeppelin. Now I’m disappointed that it wasn’t a fat joke :(

[newzjunkey]

She's out of touch. She hates the American People. She has no capacity to target a given audience. She's an elitist snob.

She would fail a basic speech, communications or business writing course.

We'd hear that and more if she were at the RNC.

[newzjunkey]

It is not a sign of communications skills to express simple ideas in language only someone prepaping to enter college can understand. It is a sign of communication skill to express complex ideas in language a sixth-grader can understand.

Exactly. Her inability or unwillingness to communicate to the widest audience possible fits very well with her self-created role as chief Nanny of the Nanny State. She doesn't respect the American People enough to communicate to them, just over them.

[Jim Robinson]

No wonder I couldn’t understand it. Too many big words. Big government. Big spending. Big taxes. Big borrowing. Big on wealth redistribution. Big on retaliation against successful people. Big on abortion. Big on homosexualism. Big on plantationism. Big on destroying the constitution. Big on restricting liberty.

[meyer]

12th grade ain’t what it used to be...

[ex91B10]

Small wonder you can't lay your hands on a copy of her thesis. We should be looking in the "fantasy/childrens" section of the library.

The Kenyan must go.

[UCANSEE2]

I thought exit was trying to say she was the “Contessa” of Princeton

Contessa.... uh...ah...mmmmm....

Too easy.

[UCANSEE2]

I wouldn't mind seeing someone give it the Voight-Kampff test.

Why? It already passed the Wasserman-Schultz.

[exit82]

I am enjoying the comments-—I should make mistakes more often!

[V_TWIN]

Wish I would have thought of that!